Washington, Dec 7 : Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom revealed that his childhood dyslexia helped him carve a niche for himself in the Hollywood. The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star admitted that he used to struggle a lot with his schoolwork and it was his disability gave him a kick to excel in arts. “Because of the dyslexia I always thought I had to work twice as hard as everyone else just to go the same distance,” Contactmusic quoted the star as saying. Childhood dyslexia taught Bloom to ‘work twice as hard’
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TURNING A PHENOMENOM INTO BUSINESS SUCCESS: HOBBITON MOVIE SET AND FARM TOURS FIVE YEARS ON
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the opening of the farm gates to visitors at the Hobbiton Movie Set site.
The location, near Matamata, was Peter Jackson’s choice for the creation of the fictitious village ‘Hobbiton’ used in the filming of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Today Hobbiton Movie Set and Farm Tours, run by the family who own the land, is a thriving business and has proven the skeptics wrong. During the five years over 130 000 visitors have taken the tour, with a trebling of numbers between years one and two. International visitors make up 80% of the customers, with the strongest marketing coming from the UK. Continue reading “5 Years Gone By… Matamata ‘Hobbiton’ Set Still Popular”
Harry Potter’s magic was not enough to beat the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy in a new list of Britain’s favourite children’s book adaptation. The movies based on JRR Tolkien’s literary series of the same name, emerged the winner in the poll taken to find which book’s adaptation kids liked best. The movies based on JK Rowling’s books came next in line at the second spot. Third place on the list went to the adaptation of Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. ‘Lord of the Rings’ voted Britain’s Favourite Children’s Book Adaptation’
Carol writes: The Evening with Viggo Mortensen mentioned in the Backstage article is apparently for SAG members only. HOWEVER, Viggo will be doing a Q&A session following the screening of Eastern Promises on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. Tickets are currently on sale at www.arclightcinemas.com
The latest addition to The Lord of the Rings Diorama series from Sideshow Collectibles is ‘.’ Sideshow previewed this item for the first time last night and we expect it to start pre-ordering next Thursday with their newsletter launch. Click on the following link to view the full preview and while you’re there, check out the other LOTR dioramas. [] []
From backstage.com: Focus Features, Back Stage West, and The Hollywood Reporter invite you to join Eastern Promises star Viggo Mortenson (A History of Violence) for a screening on Thursday, Dec. 6, in Los Angeles. A crime thriller from A History of Violence director David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises tells the story of Nikolai (Mortensen), a mysterious driver for one of London’s most notorious crime families. When Nikolai crosses paths with a young midwife, he finds his loyalties tested as he is drawn into the family’s dark secrets. Continue reading “An Evening With … Viggo Mortenson”